Door Wouter Veenendaal. Door niet samen te werken met buureilanden blijft Sint Eustatius gevangen in de relatie met Nederland. Vandaag vergadert de Tweede Kamer ...
Soldaat in Indonesië 1945-1950 (Prometheus, 2015), written by Gert Oostindie, in collaboration with Ireen Hoogenboom and Jonathan Verwey is now in its fifth edition. The publication is based on letters, diaries, albums and memoires of members of the Dutch ...
For many Dutch people, the Antillean alphabet stops after A, B and C. During the parliamentary elections, the evening news and the average history lesson, little attention is paid to the six islands in ...
‘Indenture in the Long Nineteenth Century’ in: Seymour Drescher, David Eltis, and Stanley L. Engerman (eds), Cambridge World History of Slavery Volume IV, AD 1804...
21 June 2017 marks the first day of summer in the northern hemisphere. Dutch children still have to wait a few more weeks before their summer vacation starts, but in astronomical terms, summer officially arrives Wednesday. The difference in between...
Artikel in het Leidsch Dagblad over de app 'Envisioning Indonesia', die de Leidse Universiteitsbibliotheek en het KITLV op 19 juni jl. presenteerden. "Om het Aziëjaar in Leiden extra feestelijk te maken...
A unique app that connects the city of Leiden with similar spots on the other side of the world, in Indonesia. This is what the Leiden tour app 'Envisioning Indonesia' offers. Leiden alderman Paul Dirkse will launch the app on 19 June...
KITLV researcher Bart Luttikhuis has been shortlisted for the 2017 ICAS Book Prize (category: dissertations in the humanities). The winner will be announced on 20 July 2017 at the Chiang Mai International Convention ...
Afgelopen zondag ging de bevolking van Puerto Rico voor de vijfde keer in vijftig jaar naar de stembus voor een referendum over telkens weer dezelfde vraag: wat moet de status worden van het eiland? Moet de ...
It’s grant writing season again. This is a stressful time for all struggling academics. But one of the biggest stresses is that every grant application now demands some sort of obeisance to the Gods of Utility. We must exhaustively document how our...